Look at the underside of the bandpass board and check it for cold solder
joints. This was a minor problem on some early Corsairs. The coil wires
were a little tarnished and did not have good continuity to the pc
lands.
Bob WB2VUF
Ben K8DIT wrote:
>
> David,
>
> It's pretty clear if the mfj 259b is gone on the bottom of the band on your
> beverage then its an antenna problem not a rig problem. Or, did I read your
> note wrong?
>
> As for playing with the corsair, I'd suggest taking a diddle stick and
> applying pressure
> judiciously on any boards exposed to see if you hear any intermittant
> changes in the audio. Lots of traces and cold solder joints could might
> avail themselves to you. Barring that, an aging transciever can hide lots of
> interesting little faults and catching them as they occur will ensure long
> rig life.
>
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